diff --git a/softmmu/memory.c b/softmmu/memory.c
index 7340e19ff5..0c463e0fe5 100644
--- a/softmmu/memory.c
+++ b/softmmu/memory.c
@@ -1444,6 +1444,11 @@ MemTxResult memory_region_dispatch_read(MemoryRegion *mr,
     unsigned size = memop_size(op);
     MemTxResult r;
 
+    if (mr->alias) {
+        return memory_region_dispatch_read(mr->alias,
+                                           mr->alias_offset + addr,
+                                           pval, op, attrs);
+    }
     if (!memory_region_access_valid(mr, addr, size, false, attrs)) {
         *pval = unassigned_mem_read(mr, addr, size);
         return MEMTX_DECODE_ERROR;
@@ -1488,6 +1493,11 @@ MemTxResult memory_region_dispatch_write(MemoryRegion *mr,
 {
     unsigned size = memop_size(op);
 
+    if (mr->alias) {
+        return memory_region_dispatch_write(mr->alias,
+                                            mr->alias_offset + addr,
+                                            data, op, attrs);
+    }
     if (!memory_region_access_valid(mr, addr, size, true, attrs)) {
         unassigned_mem_write(mr, addr, data, size);
         return MEMTX_DECODE_ERROR;